The objective was to evaluate the germination and sanitary quality of mucuna (Stizolobium spp.) white and black used as green manure in Quevedo, Ecuador. The experiment was conducted at the Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Plant, Universidade Técnica Estatal de Quevedo-UTEQ. The seeds of mucuna white and black were from the experimental field in La María 2010 harvest. The work consisted of two treatments for each type of seed of mucuna (white and black), totaling four. In each Petri plates were plated five (5) seeds, ten (10) plates per treatment, totaling 50 in each. Transferred to a growth chamber (incubator) control temperature of 25 °C ± 2 without photoperiod. We evaluated the physiological quality (germination for six days and rate (r) of growth of the radicle) and health (incidence of pathogens) its seeds. The germination was between 68 (BDA medium) and 40% (filter ...

The objective was to evaluate the germination and sanitary quality of mucuna (Stizolobium spp.) white and black used as green manure in Quevedo, Ecuador. The experiment was conducted at the Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Plant, Universidade Técnica Estatal de Quevedo-UTEQ. The seeds of mucuna white and black were from the experimental field in La María 2010 harvest. The work consisted of two treatments for each type of seed of mucuna (white and black), totaling four. In each Petri plates were plated five (5) seeds, ten (10) plates per treatment, totaling 50 in each. Transferred to a growth chamber (incubator) control temperature of 25 °C ± 2 without photoperiod. We evaluated the physiological quality (germination for six days and rate (r) of growth of the radicle) and health (incidence of pathogens) its seeds. The germination was between 68 (BDA medium) and 40% (filter ...

Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a eficiência de fungicidas no controle de doenças foliares da cultura de trigo, quando aplicados com diferentes modelos de pontas de pulverização. O experimento foi conduzido em delineamento de blocos ao acaso, com quatro repetições com esquema fatorial (4 x 3) + 1. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de variância e as médias comparadas pelo teste de Tukey a 5% de probabilidade de erro. Os fungicidas utilizados foram: Opera® (piraclostrobina + epoxiconazol) 0.75 L.ha-1, Opera® 0.75 L.ha-1 + Folicur® (tebuconazol) 0.3 L.ha-1, Priori Xtra® (azoxistrobina + ciproconazol) 0.3 L.ha-1, Priori Xtra® 0.3 L.ha-1 + Tilt® (propiconazol) 0.3 L.ha-1. Estes fungicidas foram aplicados com três modelos de pontas de pulverização de jatos planos: XR 11001 (gota fina), AIRMIX 11001 (gota média) e AVI 11001 (gota grossa). Foram avaliadas a incidênc...

The aim was to study the progress of the yellow spot, brown spot and leaf rust in wheat cultivar FUNDACEP 50 in Passo Fundo. Was evaluated the incidence of yellow spot [Drechslera tritici-repentis (Died) Drechs.] brown spot [Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc.)] and leaf rust [Puccinia triticina (Eriks)]. Values obtained were integralized as Area Under the Disease Incidence Progress Curve (AUDIPC) and to analyze the progress of the disease was considered the disease progress rate (r), which was obtained with the Logistic and Gompertz. Determination coefficients were high (0.93 to 0.98), as well as the mean square error (4.0706 to 7.6831). The r were 0.02 to 0.22 units, while the accumulated AUDIPC 787.5, 1216.3 and 1338.8 units for yellow spot, brown spot and leaf rust, respectively. The two models used satisfactorily explain the progress of yellow spot and brown spot, while the Gompertz explai...

Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a eficiência de fungicidas no controle de doenças foliares da cultura de trigo, quando aplicados com diferentes modelos de pontas de pulverização. O experimento foi conduzido em delineamento de blocos ao acaso, com quatro repetições com esquema fatorial (4 x 3) + 1. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de variância e as médias comparadas pelo teste de Tukey a 5% de probabilidade de erro. Os fungicidas utilizados foram: Opera® (piraclostrobina + epoxiconazol) 0.75 L.ha-1, Opera® 0.75 L.ha-1 + Folicur® (tebuconazol) 0.3 L.ha-1, Priori Xtra® (azoxistrobina + ciproconazol) 0.3 L.ha-1, Priori Xtra® 0.3 L.ha-1 + Tilt® (propiconazol) 0.3 L.ha-1. Estes fungicidas foram aplicados com três modelos de pontas de pulverização de jatos planos: XR 11001 (gota fina), AIRMIX 11001 (gota média) e AVI 11001 (gota grossa). Foram avaliadas a incidênc...

The aim was to study the progress of the yellow spot, brown spot and leaf rust in wheat cultivar FUNDACEP 50 in Passo Fundo. Was evaluated the incidence of yellow spot [Drechslera tritici-repentis (Died) Drechs.] brown spot [Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc.)] and leaf rust [Puccinia triticina (Eriks)]. Values obtained were integralized as Area Under the Disease Incidence Progress Curve (AUDIPC) and to analyze the progress of the disease was considered the disease progress rate (r), which was obtained with the Logistic and Gompertz. Determination coefficients were high (0.93 to 0.98), as well as the mean square error (4.0706 to 7.6831). The r were 0.02 to 0.22 units, while the accumulated AUDIPC 787.5, 1216.3 and 1338.8 units for yellow spot, brown spot and leaf rust, respectively. The two models used satisfactorily explain the progress of yellow spot and brown spot, while the Gompertz explai...

More than a century, cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) in Ecuador has been an important source of income for farmers and currency for the country, becoming one of the biggest exporters worldwide. Then, gradually lost that status due to the attack of diseases, including moniliasis caused by [Moniliophthora roreri (Cif and Par) Evans et al.]. It can cause damage of up to 80% in production. Currently there is little scientific date information on its occurrence, symptoms, etiology, epidemiology, life cycle management or control strategies of that disease, by performing this review both these important topics, bringing with it to this area of knowledge.

More than a century, cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) in Ecuador has been an important source of income for farmers and currency for the country, becoming one of the biggest exporters worldwide. Then, gradually lost that status due to the attack of diseases, including moniliasis caused by [Moniliophthora roreri (Cif and Par) Evans et al.]. It can cause damage of up to 80% in production. Currently there is little scientific date information on its occurrence, symptoms, etiology, epidemiology, life cycle management or control strategies of that disease, by performing this review both these important topics, bringing with it to this area of knowledge.

Seed samples of wheat harvest in 2010 from Santo Augusto, Passo Fundo and Vacaria, RS; were plated on gerbox acrylic sterilized culture medium PSA (potato, sucrose and agar) plus antibiotics. Were used 400 seeds of each cultivar total of 45 cultivars. Were distributed equally spaced 25 seeds in each seedling with four replications, totaling 100 seeds per replicate. The seeds were incubated at 25 ± 2°C in an incubator with a photoperiod of 12 hours for 12 days. The experimental design was blocks and the experimental unit consists of four gerbox containing 25 seeds each. Was considered to be infected the seed of conidiophore presence and/or conidia of the fungus. The data were transformed to (x+1)1/2 and subjected to analysis of variance and means compared by Tukey test at 5% probability. Fungi F. graminearum and Alternaria spp. were detected in high incidence in most lots, performing at...

Seed samples of wheat harvest in 2010 from Santo Augusto, Passo Fundo and Vacaria, RS; were plated on gerbox acrylic sterilized culture medium PSA (potato, sucrose and agar) plus antibiotics. Were used 400 seeds of each cultivar total of 45 cultivars. Were distributed equally spaced 25 seeds in each seedling with four replications, totaling 100 seeds per replicate. The seeds were incubated at 25 ± 2°C in an incubator with a photoperiod of 12 hours for 12 days. The experimental design was blocks and the experimental unit consists of four gerbox containing 25 seeds each. Was considered to be infected the seed of conidiophore presence and/or conidia of the fungus. The data were transformed to (x+1)1/2 and subjected to analysis of variance and means compared by Tukey test at 5% probability. Fungi F. graminearum and Alternaria spp. were detected in high incidence in most lots, performing at...

This study aimed to identify and quantify the causal agents of fungal leaf blights, and compare different assessment methods for disease quantification. The experiments were conducted with 20 medium cycle cultivars in Passo Fundo, Saint Augustus and Vacaria counties with three replications in randomized blocks. For evaluation 20 leaves were collected per plot, at flowering stage. Disease severity was estimated by the percent diseased leaf area and lesions number per leaf. For fungus etiology, twenty five discs of each leaf sample containing a lesion were subjected to a humid chamber. After three days incubation fungi identification was performed under a dissecting microscope. The mean incidence, number of lesions and severity data were subjected to analysis of variance and means compared by the Tukey’s multiple test at 5% significance level. The severity and lesions number were the mos...

This study aimed to identify and quantify the causal agents of fungal leaf blights, and compare different assessment methods for disease quantification. The experiments were conducted with 20 medium cycle cultivars in Passo Fundo, Saint Augustus and Vacaria counties with three replications in randomized blocks. For evaluation 20 leaves were collected per plot, at flowering stage. Disease severity was estimated by the percent diseased leaf area and lesions number per leaf. For fungus etiology, twenty five discs of each leaf sample containing a lesion were subjected to a humid chamber. After three days incubation fungi identification was performed under a dissecting microscope. The mean incidence, number of lesions and severity data were subjected to analysis of variance and means compared by the Tukey’s multiple test at 5% significance level. The severity and lesions number were the mos...

Phytophthora capsici is an oomycete that causes various symptoms, such as root, neck, stem, fruit rot, and leaf blight, in different plant species, including the genus Capsicum. One of the tools to counteract this biotic problem, which may be more profitable and respectful to the environment in the long term, is using biocontrollers such as Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Streptomyces (bacteria), and Trichoderma (fungus). It seems that each of these microorganisms has different mechanisms that allow them to inhibit and reduce the growth of P. capsici, negatively affecting the development of sporangia, germination and motility of zoospores, and expansion of germ tube. Although this direct biocontrol action on the phytopathogen correlates with the reduction of symptoms in Capsicum plants or other plant species, this would also involve the activation of defense responses in plants against P. ...

The aim of this study was to examine the impact of both organic and inorganic nitrogen fertilizers on the intensity and epidemiological components of Cercospora leaf spot across three different canopies of cotton plants, specifically the variety DP ACALA 90, under field conditions. Fertilizers used in the study included bovine manure, Jatropha curcas seedcake, poultry manure, and urea (the latter serving as a control). These were applied at 20 days after plant emergence and then during the flowering stage until the total nitrogen (N) dose reached 50, 100, 150, or 200 kg N per hectare. The incidence and severity of the disease were assessed starting at the reproductive stage B1 (the first visible flower bud) across the lower, middle, and upper canopies of four cotton plants, with six evaluations conducted over time. To calculate the initial inoculum (Y0) and the disease progress rate (r),...

Throughout history, the cocoa crop (Theobroma cacao L.) has been affected by countless diseases, some of these caused by Lasiodiplodia theobromae (Pat.) Griffon & Maul. Although three Lasiodiplodia species have been reported affecting cocoa plants, L. theobromae is the most studied species both in cocoa and other crops. In recent years this phytopathogen has been gaining importance. In cocoa, L. theobromae can survive in soil and culture remains in the form of pycnidia and chlamydospores, spreading by different factors until reaching the plant tissues, remaining there as an endophyte. The pathogenic fungus can cause young twigs death (a characteristic symptom found in field conditions), fruits rot and mummification, and even vascular dieback. In general, the management of pathogens of the Botryosphaeriaceae family is complex, even more so when the pathogen is already present in the c...

Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is one of the main crops in Latin American and African countries, its almonds being marketed to produce chocolate. However, different biotic factors can negatively affect the crop production, especially on small farms where management by farmers is scarce or nonexistent. Lethal wilt (Ceratocystis cacaofunesta Engelbrecht & Harrington) together with beetle borers (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), continue to be the main problems affecting cocoa. It has been observed that both organisms interact intrinsically inside the trunks of cacao trees. Despite the importance of this interaction, in general, the countless research and review articles carried out to date have focused mainly on studying each biotic factor separately or have been addressed in a general way. Thus, in this review we mainly focus on the interaction between the Lethal wilt and the borer...

Coffee (Coffea spp.) is the second most significant commodity worldwide, with C. arabica being its most representative species. The coffee crop is affected by different fungal diseases that reduce the photosynthetically active area of its leaves and the production of grains. In order of agronomic importance, the rust caused by the biotrophic pathogen Hemileia vastatrix is a disease difficult to manage due to its type of reproduction. Another no less important, Thread Blight, caused by the basidiomycetes Ceratobasidium noxium (Syn. Corticium koleroga) and C. chavesanum, affects all aerial tissues of plants. The third disease, Cercospora leaf spot caused by Cercospora coffeicola, affects both leaves and grains, making it difficult to manage. Although there is enough scientific information on Rust, very little is known about the etiology, symptomatology, life cycle, and management of Thread...

The genus Capsicum, native to tropical and subtropical America, belongs to the Solanaceae family, which includes commercially important vegetables such as chilies and green peppers. The silverleaf whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), causes losses to vegetables including Capsicum species. Among the alternatives of pest control, an effective, economical, and environmentally compatible method is the resistance of the host plant. Infestation by B. tabaci was evaluated in 73 Capsicum genotypes, corresponding to the species C. annuum, C. baccatum, C. sinense, C. frutescens and C. pubescens from an Ecuadorian genebank. Eighty-four percent of the C. baccatum genotypes evaluated showed the highest population densities of B. tabaci, while all the genotypes of C. sinense and C. frutescens had the lowest values (p < 0.05). The non-preference of adults and the scarce ovip...

Meloidogyne incognita root-knot nematode is one of the main causes of tomato root damage and consequently crop production losses. Thus, in in vitro conditions, the number of nematodes hatched eggs (%) at 4 and 6 days and nematode mortality (J2 stage) at 8, 18, and 24 h, were evaluated in Petri dishes containing the candidate rhizobacteria Enterobacter asburiae (BA4-19 and PM3-14), Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (BM2-12), Klebsiella variicola (BO3-4) and Serratia marcescens (PM3-8). The well-known Pseudomonas protegens (CHA0) and P. veronii (R4) were used as controls. In greenhouse conditions, plant height, root weight, and symptoms, as well as gall and nematode numbers, were determined in tomato plants infected by M. incognita and treated with the seven rhizobacteria. In addition, all variables were correlated using Pearson's analysis. In general, a significant correlation was observed amon...

The Musaceae family is susceptible to Fusarium wilt (Fw), which is considered the most important disease globally, caused by a group of Fusarium species that includes F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 (FocTR4). Until recently, FocTR4 was not present in Latin America. However, wilting, chlorosis of leaves, and vascular discoloration (typical symptoms of Fw) were observed in at least a hundred Cavendish plants located in Colombia, Peru and Venezuela in 2019, 2021 and 2022, respectively. Normally, the disease is more severe throughout the warmer and rainy months of the year. Since Ecuador is the world's leading exporter of bananas, including plantains, this study aimed to identify agroclimatic favorability zones for FocTR4 potential incidence in the country, testing linear models to evaluate disease occurrence in relation to climatic conditions and map favorability zones. Most of ...